April 21, 2005
Ghana: Erosion of Rights Has Divided Ghana and Must Be Reversed
Reflections on the Work of the National Reconciliation Commission Read more »
April 15, 2005
Southern Africa: Media's Role in Democracy Analyzed in New Book
Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie and Folu Ogundimu, eds. Media and Democracy in Africa. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2002. 260 pp. $39.95 cloth. $24.95 paper. … Read more »
April 11, 2005
Sudan: Opportunity to Jump-Start Sudan May Be Lost Over Darfur - U.S. Negotiator
After decades of neglect, world attention has recently focused on Sudan, Africa's largest country with a land area about one-quarter the size of the United States. A peace… Read more »
February 09, 2005
Africa: African Solutions To African Problems: A Slogan Whose Time Has Passed
Last month, African Heads of State converged on Abuja, Nigeria, for a summit meeting of the African Union (AU), the organization that covers all of the continent's 53 member… Read more »
December 15, 2004
South Africa: Rainbow Nation Pursues `Elusive Equity'
Ten years after the fall of apartheid, many wonder whether South Africa's new government has the ability to keep its reforms afloat. With the belief that equity in society begins… Read more »
December 01, 2004
Africa: World Aids Day 2004 Addresses Plight of Women and Girls
If HIV/Aids is to be defeated, the world needs to work together to make a difference in the lives of those who have been infected and affected, especially women, Lapologang Lekoa,… Read more »
November 18, 2004
South Africa: Aelred Stubbs, Spiritual Mentor and Editor, Dies
When nine leaders of the black consciousness movement were put on trial in Pretoria in 1975, many of them far from home, and public interest ebbed during the protracted State case,… Read more »
October 08, 2004
Libya: U.S. Non-Oil Businesses Eye Return to Libya
U.S. corporations are positioning for a return to Libya, where they have been banned from doing business since the late 1980s. Read more »
August 23, 2004
Sudan: Embassy in Washington Closes Doors `Until Further Notice'
Sudan's U.S. embassy in Washington, D.C. closed Monday, according to its official Web site and a notice posted outside the embassy's door. Read more »
August 06, 2004
Uganda: Human Rights Activist Encouraged by ICC Investigation
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced the launch of a formal investigation to see if potential crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Uganda… Read more »
August 02, 2004
Zambia: Steps Forward for Women's Economic and Political Empowerment
Mary Silavwe Mulenga is taking part in the International Visitor Regional Project for Africa through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program. She is traveling… Read more »
June 18, 2004
Sudan: The World Is Obligated to Prevent Genocide in Darfur
Jerry Fowler is Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience, a division of the U.S. Holocaust Museum created to ensure that genocide never happens again. He visited refugee… Read more »
June 17, 2004
Africa: State Dept Releases Human Trafficking Report
"We can't fully embrace our dignity unless we champion the dignity of others," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said during the release of the U.S. State Department's annual… Read more »
February 06, 2004
South Africa: Democracy is Mature, the Private and NGO Sector is Strong, and Government is Weak in South Africa, says Moeletsi Mbeki
South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to outline his plans for his country in a state-of-the nation address in Cape Town on Friday. It will be his last such speech… Read more »
December 15, 2003
Ethiopia: 100 Reported Dead After Soldiers Target Civilians in Gambella
Soldiers in the town of Gambella, 450km (280 miles) west of Addis Ababa, are reported to have engaged since Saturday in violent attacks against leading members of a local ethnic… Read more »
December 04, 2003
Angola: A Death For a Song and the Triumph of Impunity
Angolan writer and human rights activist Rafael Marques wrote this account of the late-November killing of a member of the public by presidential guards. Read more »
December 02, 2003
Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection
Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »
November 13, 2003
Nigeria: New Zeal for Sharia Penalties Reflects Political Climate, Says Rights Activist
In late September this year, people all over the world breathed a sigh of relief after a Nigerian Sharia court upheld the appeal of Amina Lawal against her conviction for adultery.… Read more »
November 06, 2003
Eritrea: Enough! A Critique of Eritrea's Post-Liberation Politics
Dan Connell has been a 'participant-observer' of the Eritrean scene for nearly three decades, starting in the 1970s during the liberation struggle. He followed events in the… Read more »
October 20, 2003
Gambia: Independent Newspaper Attacked by Arsonists
An independent Gambian newspaper with a history of reporting critically on the government of Yahya Jammeh has once again been the target of an attack apparently aimed at closing… Read more »
June 04, 2003
Africa: African Leaders Must 'Rescue' Zimbabwe, Says Harare Mayor
Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has become an opposition stronghold, electing in March 2002 from the ranks of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) the city's Executive Mayor… Read more »
June 02, 2003
Zimbabwe: Police Crack Down on Anti-Government Protests, Opposition Leaders Held
A planned week of opposition demonstrations in Zimbabwe was disrupted by police, Monday, after the arrest of the countrys main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, and other… Read more »
March 24, 2003
Gambia: Rights Still Being 'Eroded' Says Gambian Opposition Leader
Wedged into the heart of Senegal, the tiny west African nation of Gambia is often overlooked. But the Gambia has had a difficult history, particularly during the past decade after… Read more »
February 17, 2003
Liberia: Tortured Journalist Hassan Bility Describes Six Months in Jail
Liberian journalist Hassan Bility was arrested with colleagues in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in June 2002 and held incommunicado for almost six months as what the government… Read more »
January 01, 2003
Kenya: Kibaki Has Two-Year Window To Tackle Kenya's Corruption And Deliver On Promises, Says Analyst
Corruption, and the battle to curb it, was the oft-repeated election campaign message of both Kenya's new president, Mwai Kibaki and his National Rainbow Coalition (Narc), and of… Read more »